This may have been discussed before but I couldn't find it in Search. Why are the 2009S Bronze Cent Proof sets so unloved? They must be since they are being offered, unsold, on ebay for as little as $10 a set. This is unfathomable especially in light of their relative rarity. Or don't collectors see the coin's composition as worthy of consideration?
relative rarity??? There are millions of them... the coin is not rare. Thus a likely reason for the lack of interest.
A dealer friend said the 4 coin 95% copper proof set sells for ten to fifteen dollars at shows. So why buy the bronze?
Cripes. The whole board is filled with such folks who want to make a buck. I guess there's no bucks to be made with these?
Of all the Lincoln Cents ever minted, the 2009S four-design Cent had just under 3 Million each minted. The only Cents with a smaller mintage are: 1917 (P) 1 Matte Proof 1975 (P) 66 Aluminium. None released to the public. 1915 (P) 1,050 Matte Proof 1916 (P) 1,050 Matte Proof 1909 VDB (P) 1,194 Matte Proof 1914 (P) 1,365 Matte Proof 1912 (P) 2,145 Matte Proof 1909 (P) 2,352 Matte Proof 1911 (P) 2,411 Matte Proof 1913 (P) 2,848 Matte Proof 1990 S 3,055 Proof only, missing the S mint mark. 1910 (P) 4,083 Matte Proof 1936 (P) 5,569 Proof, Satin finish (Type 1) 1937 (P) 9,320 Proof 1939 (P) 13,520 Proof 1938 (P) 14,734 Proof 1940 (P) 15,872 Proof 1941 (P) 21,100 Proof 1942 (P) 32,600 Proof 1950 (P) 51,383 Proof 1951 (P) 57,500 Proof 1952 (P) 81,980 Proof 1953 (P) 128,800 Proof 1954 (P) 233,300 Proof 1955 (P) 378,200 Proof 1909 VDB S 484,000 1956 (P) 669,384 Proof 1931 S 866,000 1958 (P) 875,652 Proof 1959 (P) 1,149,291 Proof; Bronze with Tin 1914 D 1,193,000 Beware of altered date or mintmark 1957 (P) 1,247,952 Proof 1974 (P) 1,570,000 Aluminium. None released to the public. 1960 (P) 1,691,602 Proof, Large Date; Bronze with Tin 1909 S 1,825,000 2008 S 1,998,108 Proof only 1998 S 2,086,507 Proof only 2007 S 2,259,847 Proof only 1924 D 2,520,000 1996 S 2,525,265 Proof only 1974 S 2,612,568 Proof 1970 S 2,632,810 Proof, Small Date (High 7) 1973 S 2,760,339 Proof 1997 S 2,796,678 Proof only 1995 S 2,797,481 Proof only 1975 S 2,845,450 Proof only 1991 S 2,867,787 Proof only 2006 S 2,923,105 Proof only 1969 S 2,934,631 Proof 2004 S 2,965,422 Proof only They are the 50th rarest of the 400 or so of all Lincoln Cents of all years and mints, regular issue and proof that have ever been minted.
Do you consider a bronze coin to be the same as a clad one? How about a copper Cent and a Steel (1943) cent? Or a Copper-Nickel Indian Cent vs a Bronze one? My point is that the coin is different from others and is the only bronze cent minted in 50 years.
According to that dealer there is one customer of his that is buying up every 2009 cent he can get. Maybe he's on to something?
I sold my toned 2009 proof copper set for $20 I guess that's a lot of money huh? I bought it separate from the set. I like those sets I plan to buy a few.
For some reason the toned copper is demanding a higher price if attractive. My two copper sets have changed to a brown color but I don't like it, not attractive.
I stick by my original statement. They're not rare. Not by any definition of the word. There's where your answer lies.
I'm corn-fused. Aren't ALL 2009 proof cents of the same bronze alloy? I know it's different from the other nearby years, but all 2009's are the same, right?
They ALL are, even the ones in the "regular" sets. Bronze IS 95% copper. All 2009 proof Lincoln cents are of exactly one, and only one, alloy.
Seems to me, any cent collector, or U. S. type set collector would want a proof set of these. As they are a one year only. I bought a proof set to add to my U.S. type set. Special 2009 cents struck for sale in sets to collectors had the metallic copper content of cents minted in 1909 (95% copper, 5% tin and zinc). Those struck for circulation retained the normal composition of a zinc core coated with copper.
Exactly, and even the 2009 P and D cents in the so-called Mint Set were ALSO in bronze, which is 95% copper. Only the actual circulating versions were Zincolns.
If you collect all mints in both business and proof strikes, your Cent choice for 2009 Proof S-mint are from the total of 1,681,608 Bronze Proof Cents made - 1,482,501 Mint Proof Sets and 201,107 Lincoln Proof Sets. All other cents were clad. The only rarer pre 1940 Cents were 09SVDB, 14D and 31S. And fewer than any other year's proof cent after 1959. I'd call them rare.
If memory serves, these cents were only included in the proof and silver proof sets, and not the regular mint sets, right?
